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“Today has been insane,” said David Williams, executive coordinator at Fastport Passport, an expediting service. “Everyone who is trying to coordinate travel for their family calls us.”

Other travel agents cautioned that those who already live here shouldn’t have much trouble getting their families across the borders, since the ban only applies to those who don’t have “bona fide” family or work connections in the US.

“I don’t think anyone should worry,” said Eric Hrubant, owner of CIRE Travel Agency. “They should just make sure to be organized and make sure their documents are perfect.”

Employers are also worried.

Hrubant got a call Monday morning from a worried company CEO wondering if it was safe to send an employee who is an Iranian national from New York City to Abu Dhabi and back.

“He’s already in the US on a work permit,” Hrubant said. “I told him he would want his internal legal department to make sure all their ducks are in a row, but it should be fine.”